Lucybird

Hia to the forum. Don't worry about slow reading just keep chatting this much!

ooh kate wicked and Stardust are both on my wishlist. You'll have to let me know what you think.

Waterloo Road

Neither did I...but I don't think he's particularly popular!

Neighbours

I like the sound of The Elephant Keeper Poppy, great review.

My sister likes Shia LeBouf. My first celebrity crush was Seth Green (circa Austin Powers) when I told the boyfriend he said "But he's lanky and ginger" I replied "What can I say I have a type" and he said "are you calling me ginger and lanky?" I said "No I'm just calling you lanky"

Oh why didn't I think of that. I would have thought it would be ok for 11 year olds

Your first Jasper Fforde? So you know it's the second in the series? On book 2 of Middlesex now.

Wolf Hall is on my TBR pile and I have heard of The Little Stranger, but that's it.

Stephen Fry...just because he's so awesome.

I remember reading Milly Molly Mandy.

I've just started Middlesex but I will see if I can pick up Wicked afterwards.

Started Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Maliche- Laura Esquivel Synopsis (from Amazon, edited by me) An extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love between the conquistador Cortez and the Indian woman Malinalli, his interpreter during his conquest of the Aztecs. Malinalli's Indian tribe has been conquered by the warrior Aztecs. When her father is killed in battle, she is raised by her wisewoman grandmother who imparts to her the knowledge that their founding forefather god, Quetzalcoatl, had abandoned them after being made drunk by a trickster god and committing incest with his sister. But he was determined to return with the rising sun and save her tribe from their present captivity. Wheh Malinalli meets Cortez she, like many, suspects that he is the returning Quetzalcoatl, and assumes her task is to welcome him and help him destroy the Aztec empire and free her people. Review I must admit I found this book a bit hard going. The writing was undeniably beautiful but difficult. There was a mystical and almost poetic quality to it. Plot wise there isn't really much to it, there is a plot but most of the book is taken up with writing (I know that kind of sounds odd, but it sort of builds an atmosphere as much as telling a story I suppose). What there was of plot wasn't really very detailed, and that was kind of disappointing. Somehow tough I did feel I knew Malinalli, almost to the extent that I felt I was her. I hated what the Spanish were doing but somehow I couldn't hate them because she didn't, and I think that's something powerful. I don't think this is a particularly easily accessible book but for the beautiful writing it's worth a read, although you may find it best when you have few distractions (I tend to read on the bus and in my lunch break and I found I had to re-read a fair bit). If you're after something more accessible try Like Water for Chocolate instead, it's almost as beautifully written but is easier. 3.5/5

Finished Malinche

Oh Janet what a short list...surely you could double that?

Have I got news for you

Oh yes I hate that too, always have!

I agree with you pickle about how well Amy seems to know the Doctor, how could she possibly know that much?

Much better but not as good as blink. Actually it reminded me a bit of The Library, a similar type of idea I think of getting trapped and having to get out of it. Certainly the best so far (although I did enjoy the first not much really happened). I quite like Amy myself, she's kind of independent.

Damn maybe it's the format? Are they all in the same format?

Crust bread and butter and a cuppa.

Which one was Fear Her? I'm just sitting here waiting for tonight's episode now.

I take it they bought them on i-tunes? I think the only thing you will be able to do is to get them to authorise your computer (i.e. log into i-tunes from your computer, click authorise computer).